Optimization of a Novel Non-invasive Oral Sampling Technique for Zoonotic Pathogen Surveillance in Nonhuman Primates.

• Main Authors: Tierra Smiley Evans (Author), Peter A Barry (Author), Kirsten V Gilardi (Author), Tracey Goldstein (Author), Jesse D Deere (Author), Joseph Fike (Author), JoAnn Yee (Author), Benard J Ssebide (Author), Dibesh Karmacharya (Author), Michael R Cranfield (Author), David Wolking (Author), Brett Smith (Author), Jonna A K Mazet (Author), Christine K Johnson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Free-ranging nonhuman primates are frequent sources of zoonotic pathogens due to their physiologic similarity and in many tropical regions, close contact with humans. Many high-risk disease transmission interfaces have not been monitored for zoonotic pathogens due to difficulties inherent to invasiv...